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'Boner McPharlin's reputation has reached mythical status in town. The subject of rumours and gossip, he is the man everybody has heard the stories of, but no one really knows.'
Source: The Turning website (http://www.theturningmovie.com.au/#!/boner_mcpharlins_moll/). (Sighted: 6/12/2013)
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An Eye for Tyrants
2015
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Monthly , October no. 116 2015; (p. 62-66)'The article focuses on n Australian film director and screenwriter Justin Kurzel. Topics include charismatic nature of the heroes and villains of Kurzel's films including John Bunting, the psychotic Messiah in "Snowtown," Kurzel's fascination with leaders which is a confessional undertone of the need for directors to be autocrats, and why Kurzel finds films as very visceral. Also mentioned is Kurzel's adaptation of "Macbeth" which sheds the moral qualms that inhibit Shakespeare's character.' (Publication summary)
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An Eye for Tyrants
2015
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Monthly , October no. 116 2015; (p. 62-66)'The article focuses on n Australian film director and screenwriter Justin Kurzel. Topics include charismatic nature of the heroes and villains of Kurzel's films including John Bunting, the psychotic Messiah in "Snowtown," Kurzel's fascination with leaders which is a confessional undertone of the need for directors to be autocrats, and why Kurzel finds films as very visceral. Also mentioned is Kurzel's adaptation of "Macbeth" which sheds the moral qualms that inhibit Shakespeare's character.' (Publication summary)